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… to the web site of the LONDON IRISH RIFLES ASSOCIATION.

Hopefully, all our members are managing well during these most challenging of periods. Please continue to stay safe !

Among many other things that were planned for this year, we were looking forward to marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day, by which time the two battalions of London Irish Riflemen had been able to come together in Italy at the end of more than 2 1/2 years of painful struggle that had brought them all the way from Iraq and Algeria to the banks of the River Po.

We were also pleased to see Charles Ward, our oldest surviving Second World War serviceman, on the BBC on VE Night and enjoyed listening to him talking to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge..he certainly looked well at 101 years of age !

And finally, if you have any spare time, you could do worse than watching the recently published films about the 2nd Battalion’s contribution, as part of the Irish Brigade, to the North African and Italian campaigns during the Second World War.

UPDATE AS OF 22nd MAY:

All forthcoming Association events have now been postponed or will be deferred to a later date. We shall update details of future events via this website.